The Foucarville museum reminds us that “denazification was possible”.
By Eric MarieArticle published in Ouest France on December 15, 2025 A museum will be created in Foucarville, on the site where over 100,000 German prisoners passed through after the D-Day landings in June 1944. It is hoped to open in 2028. “Catherine Brunaud-Rhyn, vice-president of the département, says: “This project for the first museum […]
Clap 005 – A feast for the eyes
Telling the story of wartime captivity by comparing different camps November 2025: while we wait for the austere issues to settle (building permits, financing dossiers, various authorizations, etc.), we invite you to take a little trip into the future museum!Computer-generated images, yes, but images that project us into the atmosphere of the MUCAP (Museum of […]
Clap 004 – Preliminary design: The museum takes shape
In June 2025, the museum reaches a new milestone: from the Avant-Projet Sommaire (APS) to the Avant-Projet Définitif (APD). According to the dictionary, we’ve gone from a “summary” project (concise, quick, summary, schematic) to a “definitive” project (final, firm, fixed, ultimate). There’s still a long way to go, but the definitive preliminary project takes us […]
Clap 003 – Freeze frame
A museum of captivity: what for? A sensitive subject if ever there was one, on both the German and French sides, we decided to do this “freeze frame” to take a step back and answer the question that many people may be asking. Fabien Théofilakis, head of the scientific committee, summarizes three points of entry: […]
Forgotten D-Day Story: The Foucarville German Prison Camp – Episode 1
France 3 Normandie – June 2025.
Forgotten D-Day Story: The Foucarville German Prison Camp – Episode 2
France 3 Normandie – June 2025.
Forgotten D-Day Story: The Foucarville German Prison Camp – Episode 3
France 3 Normandie – June 2025.
Forgotten D-Day Story: The Foucarville German Prison Camp – Episode 4
France 3 Normandie – June 2025.
From 1944 to 1947, there was a camp for 60,000 German prisoners in this Manche village.
Article published in Ouest France on 7/06/2025. Foucarville, a village located between Utah Beach and Sainte-Mère-Église was, after the war, the most densely populated commune in La Manche. Up to 60,000 German prisoners lived there in a town made of of barracks and tents. Perhaps it was here, in Foucarville, a stone’s throw from Utah […]
Clap 002 – Preliminary design (APS)
Every architectural project unfolds in a succession of well-defined phases, each with its own contribution to make. After the sketch, the Avant-Projet Sommaire (APS) appears on March 12, 2025…In our case, the APS is an architectural, landscape and scenographic study whose aim is to verify “the realism, feasibility and approximate cost of the project”.Architecturally, the […]